The Jayhawk Linn Jayhawks will challenge the Erie Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Jayhawk Linn is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest loss since February 9, 2024 on Thursday. They were dealt a 68-38 defeat at the hands of Humboldt. While losing is never fun, the Jayhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 260th, while the Cubs are ranked 67th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Erie). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Bluestem 72-28. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 48-12.
Jayhawk Linn better keep an eye on Reid Duff. He was instrumental in Erie's win, going 16 for 21 on his way to 36 points and five steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Duff has scored at least a third of Erie's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Myers, who went 6 of 7 en route to 16 points.
Erie was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
The victory made it two in a row for Erie and bumps their season record up to 6-9. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to shooting accuracy: their field goal percentage was 48.6% in those games and 33.5% outside of them. As for Jayhawk Linn, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-8 record this season.
Jayhawk Linn came up short against Erie in their previous matchup back in January, falling 50-37. Can Jayhawk Linn avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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